to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
useless; no good; hopeless
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open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
male homosexual's partner; buttocks; anus
organizational capability; organisational capability
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
silly video game; nonsensical video game
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
to be settled; to be brought to an end
duellist; duelist; dueller; dueler
one's person; around one's person
huge rock; firmness; solidity
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
(historical) banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
to mistake (A for B); to misread
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
objection; dissent; protest
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone